Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 8, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 October 1877 — Page 6

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"^Sfreiwiin novels, butitcloesn't pay! you like clg»ra-and Km spoiled to death a„' wiae,

Kow'd give them up? yea day. Zact, I'm not fitte

r: Tlfe Blue "R,iver Bank,

.^j^Rolbbery

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BY O. H. WOODS..-

•ami

it "*»a It is not ol tlie.l ionfat

lTwUl

Wo'caqnQt l1 a leaned nil be-spokV,.^*—. jo deprec te the diajUfiMllie ol hid hand•oajpJmp^yeo?1 ..

air. Houghten leaned hfsliead'heavlly •n his hanos as be •®polrtff.1'Wd .Sfeuied

Very well, #ir,'» said the youtli of »lnfitfi.dn, bto hand qaiVering.as bo' rdtee,' nith the anger he aeemed striving to leep out of Tils words and tonesr-'I hope

Jou

wijl ne\ er be sprry for the trifle you aVe

refuted

melto-fiight, I

toM

prove

i!ho

,Bleu

^*^ti /I A Sowerfulf &rv<Aii hand work istftho

fM—A1b

tna

The flaalt of edq Sat thop tojcliftu^

jnt rnayte so: leliabftspf a life repaon'tyoo know? 'eyes will' be s- red,

Isn't so Don't make me c.tir, rty eyee will

Grand.

b**^jed,

somebodyll w»-ydn «ff you «iuee*e my Ton know. yoat-lncome woaidn't buy us AnVthwij-'primlifetl*^a to marryold

This Is bis ring-a splendldsolltrtTre H*-*rich us e£u\su», jy he (lotion im. Ctoarllpv don't lAlt Koculup—I declare

•A.'

I'm »orry cj» help U. dab you see?_ ji iewtlMafl ft» .Well, thli the wonjt. yau 'Ofi *r5i\ I wirti yon wouldn't lake 011 po!

ikxt,

jot.g—love

never

htn l«t a mail.

tl.. U" orwa for dinner l.iuntifO,

HMII

makd

thertrip to Lake George next week, nevifceless.if I bavw to saiUny gca»dfather watch and chain to get the money.'

A half groan came from the hidden tkco of Foster Houghten,and a reproachMPO Harry!' from his mother, whoee •yfeshad bepn filling with tears as she •at silent through the stormy interview. ~3tnt the boy w«s angry and in earnest, and be twisted

chain in b}s waist

coat to g'te to tli0 threat. Tlk^», a» toO»v iortk and tap from the glpeet, be cnunufti: 'V'oVi nefed not sit up f'»r

UIG,

or leave

the door unlocked I am going to Tinborough with the fello-v* U) the ^ti^awleiry partj-, and

thtro will be a

4*4$*, and tbe nights are.sbort, I shall *HlrTbT daylight to comeh6mefvlr I do u»»t nioff and catch a nap at the Valley lloiifed b«foT8 starting/

4Whb

is griiftg from Klmfleld?' Inquir-

«dti)o fatheiV more from a desire to »how an interest and win tho boy frotil hlM moodiness than any leaUeyripslty.

4Har-

Prv is not l)«lf so black as is paintod. Ilut I am not intimate with him IM you fiiney. and as to /fath« r, I don't «bkik hba treatmeniof

tae

u.-.ilght gives

ftlru a claim to interfere with my frlend*fc

"!T

•ratolv, forhe knew

flTiJiwrifel' Dante* Of klmfleld. SouRhton was man past «0d Wder thaivhta years in appearauce

my" XZiStl

htes-ft|M(

3ivo natui^. Jo which It ^ifould raukle alraid cuelty and in &..gnioinent he was off,

fcouorfing throtigh tbe low 9peiv window .«n'dt*unning wfth fleA'steps down the jTHvel

h11«walk

toward the comuior

Tlie family cirole tb^ divided

and in heart. He-fiad petted "his onlyjiwjt, *n in his childhood enough to.epoil there woet- lmYB, and now made the balance Foa "aven by "repressing the oxuborancc/Ol. waik upsoo kia youth with a» sharpness aotnetinjee took

firodabaui wat«*h to the lad and both

Mtber and mother knew ho must be deeply novtd to speak liglitly tet jwrt ten wit

i... •*%Ak**MA fW\m m. aiMr

called awav by a message from a sick sisfor, and 1ho mistress of tbe bouse was lone' for a day. So when her the visitor was

•n« ~'f«

Charlie, we must pari *tq«o()»i^ iease,

The

p, ,n^

'Henry

III lie RiVer Foeter middle age,

-jr.bjft-d..n?^

2^4 »«r. W l. po.mv.lJ

rar 'said Mr»- Un»Jthto«». »ue always matter, and yours,too, ol

t. .. —_ Ait^k littl

my ao^il, »a!d the cash

ier. 'then why didn't tbe boy tell me what he was drtviugat? Chi^g *C4ftM» tbe country after a rc^y fece to fooHah it ftfal Iflfc" ut tlttOtiObld a water:ug a ha to iS

KhTSmtS t« oWe afler M% Chamberlain, in^v^i of Ulktog in that dnmrmralfl way sfe'"* the watch, 1 might Vt fcawwoel*«4Hi!tt?fewntty. '-.if «harm on thecfea't" with molliera lair, that 1 wonls! PMtof tlir ti'.nslv fir* teTV:-"' it

•getting along alone' for a day. So when her aui'ck ear t6 her toe visitor was w. -o-» one to s»*e ber husband on business, she know I can prevent It beforehand?' Mniturf thnmnm to mt awav tho milk, tflSo sir,,I np snoh thing, quitted the room to set away tho and lock for

wenraeroom^sevaway v„» »»»,,, slr„I^expect

«•_ a®!

would have been a sharp man in

Why do-wa wy no? Be agoottbiy.pfea*. though there were few doors in the vil- Jng turns watch*mh .« laae^ which hia faee waa not frequent- tame tome and Sifld.'Blx^.canH you iqya in a eott^_ UalWfp^ flne^ He was tbeoonstable, but he find us somebody to watch?' andl said was also the superintendent of the Sun- I knew just the one that would be gUa day school, and the assessor of Internal ta help ^neighbor. 6^1 will revenue in the district, tossy nothing of the message to Mia. his being theagent of two or three sew- needn't have a mite of •n^J®ty

ingmachi ance

=»d o^n Vb.

tlwnry Wonghtoh shot his shaft deiih- c^mt)lnBtoo lock. Your belp,tMey^8ay, his growing

has ph'e^o^Tinborough,' said

Mr. lloughtoiMBieehanically,

I am going to stand quietly oy a couple of rufHaina tie a gag In ^outn of my wlfti at he^ age, when know Icon prevent it beforehand?'

»^r^rt?eniSS to keeping I Houghtoa re-entered the room* and rwrtttog ^,, tvithlucralive ooncerta Bixby, quick to secure »n advarxta2e. at the twi of tbe terui. He was a clerk was ready atthe moment with his fbS^,nCytC^hnCmohaofb h£ °Gkod evening, Mrs. Hougbtou. B^n 03aiif6fddutiesbept him YidWgtbreugh waiting very patient for mtooowjif the helgbbdrifig WWh« In his ligllt glK

areat deal of th6 time. Ho had r»l»od ft ,,in company and coftiraanded lt,iii thevdne Fletcher

aee-lf

«f*?and Sacritv whilBi&tQAhliitanw^ed »ffaii^ for m.

-.ell me plafiHy yea ntWp^t nobjjjfjas ra mind. His, wife, went out for har smellno/and

bo^you-no mor. li! .ffig

'^r^Vnnnt ijidnlffa^onin th{s Ha»Ty hostcotild' rise-to anticipate him he had snatched, t^ie b.r}^ pt

»7_ *4- -T\^ WiLMW

a might/ btfcThing: Do von krtow fiold yqu, Mr.' Hovgbton, the first of the week, that there was daugerous characters' a'SSiuTISWfl, and asked you to keen

S8awwitn0|s©f

ouc eye» open at tbe bank. Will- you that?? 'I reinSmoer it very well, Mr.- Bixby, and-also that there has not been a single person in the bank since that day, other than'our own townspeople, Iriends.' •That is ast it, Lsaid 1*3 Bj* by .twisting his whiskers reflectively 'they have got wmTaccomplice who knows the neighborhood, and viham :W#-.dpn't suspect. But we shall catcb him with tbe rest. The facti is,. ,Mr, Houghtoq. the Blue IWver National Bank is.toi be robbed to-night. Tbe plot is laid,, and I have got every thread of it in »ny hand.'

Foster Hoogliton was om of a class in the villat^.w hd wero babityially incredulous a» to^ir«s Bixby's. acMavementsj as announced by himself but there was a positireness ai'd asfuranco about the constable's manner whicnMoarries ,eonviction^ with: il .and Jts,e did not conceal tbe shock which the news gave him. 'Juat-you ke^p very cool sir, aqd I'll .tell yoa tbe v#hole story iu very few words, for I have got one or two things to do before I caton. the burglary, and I have promised to 1 ook into Parson Pettengill's barn and doctor his swjk. horse, There are two med in the job, besides somebody in the village here that is

"^Nearly'^Te^ry b^dy "of" ^"mf^t/ said workWg with them secret^ ¥ou need Entry, Stfr somet^g of stated cold- -not askjne how X.manage .. im II U„their

Mess:4*Arthur Brooks-msd Tom Boxham »nd Frank Pettimj,lU—and Harrison Wtv, if you want the whole list.' fils father turned sharpl^ away, but &e mother spoke appeal)ngly •Irvow-would out off your intimacy wUh Krison Fry now awl lorever, I Aiink tbere arc very tew things your Irtlbcr would reftiseyoo I have seen mis evil influence over yon ever since be IKDA back from the city. lie was a bad tooy, and will be a bad man.' •Like myself aqd other wjoked people,' atid tbe fcuyjlookingat bis wbtch.

overbear will ruaipet

read it nll in the Tin tomorrow. of the day after ey regular Nev: York cracksmen, and they have been stepping at the hotel at the Falls, pretending to be looking at thd waif rpower. Th^y come here on pur« pose to clean out the Blue Rbrer Bank.' *!., they mean to blow open the safe?' inquire! Mr. Houghton,who was pacing Ibp ruoni. {'Just navf patieufte/SqiUre,' said Silas -BVxby.' -'I thought' it* btet to. prepare T»u, and so lracfyoO up kind o' gradual. They have gat-false keys to your housf door and your bedroom tyjor. They ai-B goinfe to eotnein at midnight, or 4b hour lifted, ana feag yon and jodr Wife, and force yuii.jfti tbt» inouth of the revol

forty thousand diHlVM.lQ thfe safe, Gov eminent bond&ftntliall* Their team is ready tm ^he Tinborough road, and they mwnio catch thfrowl train. You they oafetrlfttefto. leave, tied hand and

onlyJ /ooU on't »eb»nk floor,till you are found *fu the mOruing.'

Foster Houghton stopped in his rapid up and down, the llttlf room, his boots/fom the. closet.' Fait' playy'Sq ttire.' Said Bix by,laying

Ki-

hrtnl

do?'

and

*o mdre than just, sometimes querulous Fa... •ml um'eswir.rtble. Tha boy.'S'jgrand- a band o» thfe cashiers arin, as he sal fether, old Peieg Houghtorv wha died a dowp %?i l^fsk«d off bis »Uppors. I ve boy's empty room. The year l^fore at ninety and over# had al- told you the w^olo story, wberil might thrown open In a oonfu»iost worshippwl ftarrv, andean his w'whatarTvouK^Btr to sion which offended the cashier's neat ifeatbbed, lmd presented his ownauperb |®5*wt.rd. Now what are you going to p^juaice^ncquiredib the profession.

'Golo^ .o order a stout lxlt put on my front

»r at once, and to depoeite the

w„- ithit bank keys in tbe safe at Felton's store.' qXw Henry Is gettiuK in a very bad ^V.u will think better of it, it you will wa^' aald Mr. liougbton gloomily,after just sit still and hear me through, rerSJ»Jein which tho sharper click or his plied th« visiur. 'Don't you see that it wife's needles told that ber thoughts wiHJ 'Uar«1)UM\ "'He noes to the other church who «..« too oft*n to besitv with. Hewnokes, «f- ljr leave F.ltnileid and rob some other ie I have Tft^atodiy told htm bow the bank and make fortunes? Mor^- encountered a covered

borough, driving home.aorort the toun- ier of tb^bank, and it is vour buski«B J^h^hallSiaStnnlent greatly try in Uw gray .of J? a^STrSmy duty W^ptuJe needed'td put his nerves In condition for this of going alone to Lake at I..n.h Mi,anun is my auiy ro capture

matter, and yours, too, ol course, so far

Sgan in that wW*ii6^»«Ke «»eant to as your part gow. Tbe progratotte-Js |•jgjjw?8bl

a)I ini

and bis visits" fo TruIv.rf\lgQ, I t&iuk the U«uuu), again surrendering hia comSmo cause ta at thr U,ttom of both, paqlen perior force an3 determinajraoe CbsmiKt1sia»bfV| l*cn slnginK In lion ot chn.r*c:er, and wbat is the pro-

Ami «i to su.1 P|t _Jflth her aunt's familv to l.*k* Gror^ to spend Julv. and aopp*» itiey have es pressed a wish to m«et him there. Grace Chamberlain I* wv pretty girl, and Harry is liko whit you wens at his age.'

IsvWtlRg i«m wownwd, «wply

tnnhftVAAtilv to fell

iree with sll complete, and you havo only to fall Vryv But In.' church, 'Well, Mr. Bixby/ said4be elder gen-

to nuu&in i»av«iv«i,' said tbe rural conatabfe. You are to show Po knoWlSdgv of expecting tbe visit

of expecting tbe visit, and afters proper display of reluctance you are to go wtt2i tbe burglars with tbe keya in your hand.

display of reluctance

If I were to arrest the robbers now, •bonldbave nothing to charge tbem with, and could only frighten ttiem out of town. Wben tbe baidt la entered tbe crime is complete. abaU be on tbe watch, with two strong fellows I hsve »ecnred to help ma—men who served with me In my company, stout* alraid of nothing, and not smart enough to claim the whole credit when the job la done. Wben you are fairly Inside tbe

bowling all,

the

pop oat from behind tbe tarn tbe door, flash our iret and overpower »nc*. It sound* very abort i* wi!" easily «a* column In

hank wesbalfpop out from behind :,gu lanterns in tneir tbem at I nr .'V

rERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EV ENIN vl MAIL.

•Mr. Blxby.'said Mr. Houghton, with a good deal of deliberate emphasis, have always thought yen a map, of sense. I think to no#. Do you suppose going to stand quietly oy ana see

John Fletcher's little tbe

about

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1®

will-

oldest of hia ten c^ildrpij, aqtl 11^ was' neighbor in such trouble,^• said.the la?SMrt6er in tbe iievv fact0W, ebt«- dy graciously, with thepromptacquies-

feI.t ab,e_*?.d

'"I have told you everything, 'SqQUe,that you need to know. Keep your mind^easy aqd your head eool, and the Tfvhole ihlng may be done as easy as tnrnibg your hand ovir." Remember, it l£th# only way to save the -bank, atod catch tbe'men that may baye ro^be^ a dozen,banks. .Pp.,pot stir out of,the house' aga^n tht& evening,

musing

wil 1 leicite

ytiipiciati ind rttln the game, Between twelveiand twoyon may expect, yourcompany^ and: rely.up011 ,«ne in Jndmg close to thetbanit. $um Is tK.vy^' For Mrs. Houghton was descending the stairs. ''Come in-again when you come back Bixby, can't you?' said the cashier.stiil loath to closo so hasty and so singtHar a bargain. -1 'Not for the world,' replied the constable 'it would expose our hand at once, «nd sppil the tipqk.. ,Now. Mr Houghton. I'm really proud to be the 'beau to siicb a Sprightly youtig belle.J

And so, with a word oT fafewell, they were off1 and Foster-Houghten sat alone in the homse jw|th his secret. pe Vas not a coward, but a man of pea6e. by temperament arid training,and, the ehterjprisle ita which he had beep'enlisted wis both reijrti. a»id distasteful to him. H6W siaijy inddents might ocetir.nbt set doWii in Bixby's prograihme, to im»ke the night's work both dangerous Snd disagrefable! His Very lonelinessnHiga® the prospect seem more unpleasant. A dozen times, aab he sat

ove£ it, he put forth his hand

for his boots with intent to .go out and frustxate:tbe robbery, in. his own. wpy, regard less of Bi^by'S schemes of capture and g"lory. As many times he fell back hi" bis easy chMf, think ingnow he was

bound in honor by his tactic agreement Wi.th the constable, and again that the whole story was notbinR but the frhlt of the officers fertll^ Imagination, and that only the inVebtdfr Should make himself ridiculous by bis credulity, Now he wished bis wife were at home to make

his boyish enthusiasm tn the strsnge sometimes tbe emergency. jman's .thoughts wandereq,in excitement.of the hour. to his I cins away (he night at Tlnbbn

.heart yearned pver the lad in spite of his

wild ways, like David's over' Absalomt nvl 'ftnd be rWolved to try the. mother's

method, and imagine excusss, and replace harshness with indulgence, here* after. The village bell clanged out from tbe steeplS^TOBff by, and Foster Hougly ton dropped the fcbread of his revery with a start, and" went back to the rob* berry a ain. Clearly be was getting too nervous. He must do something to sbakeit off. 'I'll get Harry's revolver,' he thought, 1th little phf-pose what be Should do with it and be took the lamp, and went

BIUII wiiiVU vuwuwww 7 -1

prHudlcesacquired'ib the profs« He kueW wheee tbe pistol was ken^ ita box .was empty and he exdaii

emptj

As Mr. Houttbton fumbled ovef the

No MfT Hough t« ti^Au Are cash- «nd, tl!ftfn^lolwitb

fiV

,,PBoin2!

entn^to-contp

»h. ho« long It. wm

«rimfnt perhaps hia hand shook berhaps

thc

o^9100

aow*'

... i.

He took a hearty one, and when h6 was dawn stairs agaiu tbe difllcuU'M hi* the way of bagging tbe burglars Vanish' ed rrom his mind. He waaa young man once more,and eolered Into the romance of Btxbv's plot,ho *.*id tohimi^lf.aa enthiMiMtK'ally as Harry, would h*ve

He paced tbe room with an elastic stride very.difTerent^om tbe^wn^

wavering step with which be tbe news. Bixby and himself.

any Snee bvrglara. Than hia heavy and be Sit droway.

A gentle tinkle of tne door ball Mowed bim again be tonkas it aeemed to him, be had burir closed bis eyea., 'Tbe robber* at la«*r be thought, and tbon be rebuked himself for the absurdity of Mippoting that a bunrfar would an* nounce ht* ootnlng by the door belL *It

is Bixly", of course,' be said to himself, *oome to own be was afoot and the story all,nonsense.' But be paused be'—

profMsional nurse wbo had been sent for uruivmivuii uuivq wuu

uhi vot«wv»wsw#

Foster Houghton rarely did anything without thinking twice about it,, if not

IVII0 livevuvv^uia iuvau«wvv

'med

under hia breath: That is a boy all over! He goes to Tinboraugh to dance and eat atrawbar ries, and he carries a plstol^oaded I dare say to the imnwle. It is ten to one he will shajot himaelf or his sweetheart before theWningisovfer*'

Tbe

"-1"

One, two, rang otrt from tbe belfry on th$ breathless tine nigbt^already heavy with the rising fog ffotu the river., .Foster HOughtonj'dqbd niriselfbrofcd awake as lie counted the str6k&i, bnt even while he thought it waa Abe 'dock that had disturbed him bet felt a oold, bard ring of steel against his temple, and saw through the'darkness a man by his bed* ride, i/ .' l* i' 'N.ot oneword,pr you will never utter

wi/e ^nd saw Xhat there was a man py Jf -, -!-ied:'

The figui'fl' the wiudo'w sceppedi noiseless)vTor.ward'at the summons. As, thd blue'flame ^iglited tbe room Foster' Houghton Observed that his visi ors were all masked with black silk,through which a narrow .slit permitted visum. He noticed that their feet' were' shod' with listing,-so thick that a step1 made .no -audible »oundupon tiiestraw.carpet.

He nqticed that long,thin biackcloaks covered their forms to the ankles, .so that bd details of clothing could be noted td identify themi Atrd while he observed these things, not. venturing to, the stir until the threatening muzzle was withdrawn from his face,be felt hisha.nd tightly clutched by thefihgersof hia Wife (boneath the coverlid.'

YeafS oi

enough to extiugui look tne door. The outer door was fast id behind them also and then the seless little procession (for tho cashier

hestory locic tne Bforehe ^ned-beh

turned the key ^nd said in, .bl •Who is there?' •It is only me -Foster,' said the sweet. familiar vo.ee of bis wife without, and mist when be bad admitted her uho tola him. in herqaifk way, that after she had tbe Blue River'NBUotialI Ban:k. watched with tbe child an hour of two a ^Tbey paseedabe scbool house where

4eroC

Mote alarmed^ at tbe. int.tynt,. by' the shock thus givep him than bv the more palpable danger, be turned b&t head towards"his wife again, knd in hef eyes and in the direction tbeygave'iobis saW all ttwt she bad seen.

The masked figure in the center of the room in producing match bad un.wlt-i

room in producing match tad uuwit-' tlngly thrown )»uPt ond side or its Cloak. By-the sickly ^tU trie1 ^dit' turning to white, Foster Hongbtoa usair, f—

busk ire,

Ci^cent with his ib6W^rVinlir,

maS«

.give key. withita asal^uat aa heiiadiSceq them on his boy's breast at sunsets In an instant-more a taper was ]Touted and tbe curtain Of tbe cloak was drawn together again. exposed was as if tbey had

un vi omaK wjM

UI»«M

tiu, But tDe aecret it had impressed upon two hearts been seirtsa with iron.

As a drowning man tblnka of tbe crowded .events of a lifetime, Poster Houghton thonght in that moment of supreme agony of a dozen links of cirt cumstauti^T evidence, the boy's baffled desire fb^-money his angry words, his pi?w»i evil assotiatee. his missing revolver, his your horse there, knd ^asb on to

tbe affairs of the bank, except the secret combination of the lock, which he had often teaaed for in vain. Two things were stamped npotr bi# -brain together and he wSsthankful thftt hia wife could know the horror ot but one of them.

His own son waa engaged in a plot to rob the bank, by threats of assassination agalnat those who gave hltt* life.

He himself waa irrevocably-enlisted In a plot to capture the robbers, and so to bnng his boy to infamy and a punishment worse than death.

discovery compels a pause in the narrative. It made none in tbe actual ot events. Tbe man who had

nroareas of

Tbo third figureatood at the

wer

To be )n proper condition fur tbe emergency, he reflected .be yteeded all the sleep be could get. Tbe resolve waa one to te executed as promptly asfrnw* ed, and a few mlnutea later tbe caahler bad locked tbe door, faisumed the lower windows, and waa auugly in bed.

ih to extinguish the taper and to

sfe:

I'bien permitted put on hlfcstockin only) filed along the' gravel wal through,the pitchy blackness, which

-"t ^i7-

a week before had arrived unexpoctediy, do*en years before and that she had been g}ad to give up pri" her vigil and como home. BJ*®

Itmdeh

Tie noticed ihe voice even ih foe whirl oftbe moment, and kneW that it was strange to him. tie turned1 towards ihis .combin

he£ shiValji^_wlth. a revolver aimed' ybn' make a felt, ratherthan aaw, that she had waked'

familiar pssociation bad made

bim apt at interpreting his wife's thaugbts and-feelinKs without the aid of the spoken worc(i

Either byeome peculiar expression in tb^ graiip itself, or by that subtle magnetism 'Which 'We 'know exists among tbe unknown forces, be felt that there Was' sometbi ng irtpre than 'the* natural terror of the momept more tbap the courage Of a heart even braver thaii his own, more than sympathy for his own supposed'disinay. iu his Wife's snatch at -bis hand.-''r

rTbe

ttbe darkness yielded to his eye«, he was -Otar retreat will be covered aware of.a third figure atandins at 'the' know the consequences there before, the ndow/ alarm will arouse. anybpJy. I b^ve ... ,l .i

'^ei'f^dtquiA.remetaber, and wewill 'tell you What i*io be- done",1 said 'she same voice, cool, firm,with an utteufcuud entirely /ii^tinct, .yet bfydly louder than a 'Whisper. 'You have nothing £o fear if you obey orde'rs. A knife is'

sworn

'KS Ik,

Foster Houghton bad carried his boy a with a bright new frightened lutle flndesolate old mansion of owA father, whera this lad had been

petted and worshiped a«fervently as at

more, so it came* about, that w,htye. he nome a littlo farther on, the church |t)H« WUU0 HV ijuujw) a vw balanced in bls miud tbe proa arid cons where the baby had been baptized, and a» to revealing to his wifd the secret whew the youthi had chafed beneath which'Bixby had confided to him, and distasteful sermona-its white steeple tnua giving her a fright ip. ndvauve. .for loet io tbe apperdarkneesj: and, few What might prove to be a false alarm paoeS 'beyond^ the ^acwiemy, within after all, the tirw* lady went aodhd wbow walls tbe c»ahiei baa listened asleep, and thus ihvtfdita was turned* in wtthsaok pride to Harry a'eloquent decfavor of reticenee. Ia»att0»0f *The Return of Beuulua to

Perhaps tho bpsband's continued €artl»age' on tae last commenoement drowslneu contributed to the resolve alSO,lor biseyelids itill drooped With strange obstinacy,and an aflluenotomore powerful tfrm even .the apprebepsion of danger transformed, his ^errors,. Into dreatiis agairii •tn

thought of tbese thing as lm- passed though so many ether thoughts* sur ged in bis mind: aud be wondered if «nOjthey hsa^t b^des hb own was beset with such reminiscences on the silent journey.

Before thejTbSd reached the bank tbe man who had gtine in advance rejoined

MselfbPoid''awake]*bfem 'It is all serene* be said in a low tone, but but with a cqarser voice and utterance than his cori federate'* 'nothing more tban a cat1stirring. I have unhitched the: mare,-and .weishoui.dt.be off

tw,.' 4W

sWag will be In tho bufegy

in lesatimei CMbier,you area man «-jiknow. If .you ion skilfully and istioo skilfully and promptly, not a hair 6r your head snail be barmed.

it was prudence^-# (know. If" y^u, w^rk .that

nte^iiot.only

'When he did, rfnd was waning, iBeff-pos-i in your heart.,but we shallstopon, our to is or ha W S to

to do IL'.

xFeady

for

the heait'Of aarti bt you if-you ^disobey. to lie still as she bed and ,her nipath _eftsy^and1the'gag is vei*y gentle, Ind^WtlP'tioi hU#t' if she does net resia. .Mr. Houghton will rise, pu^on his tro,w,sers,^nd go. wit^j.us to the bank', alwayS in range of .'this pistol, 'and in resch of thlis blade. The feieyM are already 1n my pocket. Number "three, will ypp scraEc^ match, .that .1 inay help the gentleman to .his clothes?'

will this knife be at» home

A a A S

VV4 VU WV Foster UongfaVM ttnded he saw shudder iu tbe sligthtest figure beside him but it might have been a puff of wind across the long, drapery. «0h! bl6w the tbi^ats,' said Number 'The inan Values Ms life} and he iaigoiog'to openi the safe Quicker than he everdid befvwe. Open the d^or, young ode,'and let^beabpufit,'

The robbOT Who hktf not yet- bpteyd his lips, and-whose every metion the ca8hiersti'H!^atcbeSstealthily, ttepped

tbe bankValwayS in ranM of .this'pistol,! .forward.tp.tb^ bank idpOHj Jfpd-:SS be ladb. Thefeiey* are drew a.key/rop under clqak. the. prisoner cadght another glimpse 'or the chaiid be cbuld hive swOrh to among a thousand,

Even while bespoke 0xby wis fiiside the door again, ahd:the gleatrt

events. Tbe man who had 'What in thunder. Did he wiiggle spoken motioned the cashier to rise,and away from ye?, i*hy dldu yu sing out assisted his trembling hsndsln covering soonei? ........ bis linUM with one clothing. r* -s

two articles of.

sign of remorse or

hesitation, in ita bearing..

:'ct

Wght

which followed sbowetMhat be had ie-, oovered'bis lante"rn, and.nreant to do hli

"^tto^Sn'.leK'h.ndhid b.e„ guided to the collar of his captWe,!'and 'the revolver bad beeb tbrust into bia right. There was no queetion of the composure pf the robber now. He pan-) ted Mid sobbed and shpok, abd made^uq effort to tear himself-from-'the feeble grasp tha'-oonflned blm. -j .'

Xf the cashier bad been irresolute all 6la life, hedld not wayer f6* a* instant now. He did hot queVy Within himself What Was hisduty or Wnat w*9 prudent, or what his wlto WouM sdvisej or what the bank directorsWould think. 'HarryJ he whispered hoarsely, his lips4loeeto the mask, 1 know you.'

The ahrinkiog figure gave one great sob.. Foeler Mougbtob went .right op

W'fiixby^^anot

deliberate explanation of a night- ougb. Vou can catch the train. May long abaence,bis intimate knowledge of Ctod forgive you. .« °i» 1.* It. »I.

know you, 'and there

ia time to escape yet. I sha^I Are this platol Inthe AlrL. ltuu (or your Mf* to 1— w4atl«

uu lorgiTc JVU.

Tho AirilMiMllff

Tinbo^-

fn TinnAlV

He bad presence of mind enough to conceal it in his pocket.and then be fired bis pistol, sod ha beard the sound of flying feet and ratling wheels as ^ilm Bixby accosted bim 'What in thunder t. Did be wiiggle

•I think I arrt ing faln*.. In dh% name'go quick to toy honse and release my wlft», and tell ber all"' Is safe. The fright these ibots will kill bar/

Tho one ,on the opposite side o/ the bed, movlog quickty and deftly to a saffor, boned All*. Houghton where she •lav. witbootaJraocbrt'iBideoese. iff in- ww—-.. dianity beyond what hia task made Sil*s Bixby saved bim irom a fall on the

Foster Hougbt sunk In a swoon even as he spoke, and only tbe quick arm, of fix

A knotted handkerchief atoneatepa. .... ..Tvr. 'Seebere, boy*,' said be. 'if you have month. gpt those fellows tied uptight,one of yen

wlpdxm,

either to kesp a watch without or to to, and 111 fo over to id Mteinit what took place within-, tie his wife,before

avoid seeing What took place within but JViAteir Hougeton's eyes could dl« cem no tremor,

take 'Suuire Houghton and bring bim

^wINcaiW.'*2w the one voice Mike, you just keepy our revolver »ok-

strode of th»tfoek« •yon oomider yoursaU ready, tor we have no time to spam. A feel sore yon know what to bealtfay for you, but edll I will Ue this rope round your wrist to save

rtrodeof

will go below, «*d see tbat the eoaat is dear.' With one more look at his wife's eyes, In which he aaw outraged mother! Mtootlon.wbere tbe stranjprtrs taw only Wght and' paio, Foeter flooghton attflersd Jaiumlitobeled from the room.

Oaeof the robbers bad preeeeded bim one held bim tightly by the wrist one,

ita treble twrwr, tsoawSed only

bouse and un-

1 itart after tbit pesky ay. If bad

,ut, risk tbe pisshould have bung on tobim myself.

^attssaasp*'^,h"

u»eioc«* *yon wiu nw thus dtspoeed of bto forces, and provided for ttogwA^£temto and tbe reatorunoa of tbe disabled,

MOW

long!

»»«».WMOIIatsnin. Half Klmfteld seemed to have been awakened by tbe abots, and be was met by a balf-dexen lightly dad men andboys whom be aent on bla errand and that— to open the lock-up under tbe engine bouae, tobamesS benrttes for tbe pursuit -vouchsafing only rery. mutwplks to

Uougbtonf» dwelling

tbe door locked and the window fasten io b^™i^ a^ntorian shout of,

'it'a-ail—right—Mm. Heogbton. Bob

bers—caught—and—nobody—hurl!'separnting bis words carefdlly to insure behig understood and then scud at full speed back toward the bank again. He met half way an exeited, talkative little sraniL the central figure of which was the casUier of thebauk, reatoffid to life, but still white as -death, and supported by friendly tunda. Assured that Houghton himsel.f was now able to release his wife. Bixby ran on to the green and in fi^e minotcw more was settled in his gig, and urging bis cheerful little bay Morgan orer the road toTinborougb, mentally putting in form his* narrative for the 'Trumpet' as he went.

Tbu^it came about thatit was Foster Houghton himself who unloosedi-his wife's bonds—bending his gray bead, as he did so, to print a kiss of sorrow and sympathy on her wrinkled cheek, aud leaving a tear there. 'He has, escaped/ he.said, 'and is on the road to the station.' •Will he not be overtaken?' •I think not. He has a fair start, and knows what' ie' af stake and tbo train passes through before daylight.'

Then the—woman-'a heart, which bad borne ber .bravely .upso far. gava way, aadshe brpko into terrible sops and the husband who* would cdmfoft her was himself orercome by the commofl'giief, apd could not apea^ 9rd. Qllently tbey suffered together, liresstng bands,

A 1^. ^.1. »«.f i)U«eta hniVilH/1.

VUUJ nuuotvu «ivww»»g

until theentering'llgbt of dttwn reminded tbem that even this .day haduuties and perhaps new phaseaof sorrow. They could hear the quickiSteps of tbo passers evidently full of excitement over the event of the night, aud talkidg Altogether. Tbey could not"bfe'-lerig lefft undisturbed. ASTtre/ dressed^ Foster Hougtbn—uttablti or 'Wlnclatft to describe in any detail the scene at the jbank.-aa bis wife vas to ask bim ,atyx»t it—suddwily encountered in bis pocket the w'atcb, entaugled.in ita cbain. 'He gave ine this, and a'klfes",' be said, cvdry word a sob,c tind Mai'y Houghton pressed it to ber hesrt. Then,as a:qtlick step 8ounded-on the porch she hastily throat it into a drawer.

vj .-.iC-U-t .!

.. The.dpor swung openc r,The,. cashiers heaj-i was in.bis throat. "He nftd qot rreard k^ouhdbf tiikby,' 'butr he l^new. the village constable too well to fean,(Qr hope, that be might bay.e fHve up the chase, Al) four eutpced ibe building 'but bbfbre tW dooif could be closed1 behind theto there was-a1 shout^' a^ dry ofi dismay, at rush .of heavy feet, ft of light in a lantern—which gjpamed but a moment before it was extinguistifed— the confused sound of blows *nd oaths, .and tlje l^reiiking of.g)at-s,pui»ciuatrd hy the sb^p report uf a pistol.

Fostei-HoUfehtSn could neVer give a clearer kceobut of a terrible- minute in which bis oonsciousne&s t^epied jartiy

S^^intb^Utr6g^

Jbut

6eeni6e to be pushed 'rtuiSide the door and there as the tumult witbin began to diminish,) Silas,Bixby came hurriedly to bluv dragging a masked figpre by the shoulder. ",.M, 'Hougbtori, vou must help a little. We have got tde better of them, aud my men are- holding tbe twoi big fellows down.. Buttbe flghtisnotoutof them yet, arid Vou must hold1 this ilttfe one "threeminutes Wbiie I help to tie their bands. Just bold this pi^tohto hia bead, and he ylll *eali ,very easy'.,.

«What,shall wesayr she ^d., •J do not know. Heaven will dhect us for ito best,' be replied.

fksn

ft?

The step did not pause for ceremony, but, came Tff and "up the stairs as if on soxne pressing'' Errand.'1Then Ihte door dpebed ahd Harry HoughtOn ran in, his cuds wet with tbo.fog. ofi the morning, bis cheeks rosy as from rapid^ide, his eyes dancing with excitepaent. .His father and? mother stood speechloss and bewildered, filled'With'anew alarm. But the boy tfas to^bu&y with bis'owiv thoughts to obserjje bis (reception. Thick and fast came h\s. words, questions ..-waiting-fbr-noatiS'Ci'era, and narrative: never p&iiaipgior oopiment. 'What is thia Bi^-by,, shouted to me 'wbon I met him ab6qt robbers? And whto is there a' ortfWd St the bank about? Did I some sooner .tban you expected me?—We had glorious time in TUiborougb^ jyou knnwv andwbfn we

fii»t'^llas ir his gig 'driWntfWke'niad, and he shouted at me until he was out of hearing, but I cowld not cuaeli one^wordi in a do®3n nut before par1 am was angry wlieh I spoke, and' I have been thoroughly-ashsmod of myself ever silicei You Will *rg4ve and forget, father, won't) you? Hallo 1 I d^n't suppose you felt so badly, about it, mother darling.'

Mary Houghton was clasping her aon's neck, crying es she had not cried that night, fiut tbe cashier, slower in seeing his way,.as usual, stood passing his hand across his brow fojr.a moment, "then he spoke •Henry, ^-bere W your'grand father's watch?' •There, dtfTyou miss it

quickly? I

meant to get if back Iwforb yoti discovered it was gone ,1 will hava it• after breakfast. The,fact U?, I was not tpyself when I leit the house last night, With tempdr.itnd Harrison Fry offered me two hundred dollars for Ity to be paid next week: -and in-iny temper I lot him toke it to bind the bargain. I was crazy for money and sold my pistol, toq. I regretted about the watch before I had foirly quit the village, but he bVoktf his Engagement iiid dm not go With'(is to Tin bo rough, so I have bad no chance to get it back again till now.'- ., ,,, 'Harrison-Fry exclaimed Foster Houghtqn, And his hands clasped and hia lips moved in thankful prayer. 'But if ybudftnft tell me wbat is all this excitement in the villageil-sballrun out ud find .out lor myself,' cried the ,poy, impatiently. 'You ,nevpr would stand here as-kin^ hie qXiefitlon^ about trifles if thf bauk. oad been broken open

^Fostie^oufrtaWi piit hls'Waods'on his 'boy's sHouWers and HSsed bibi aS he* had not deaesinoe hiason'schildhood. Then

he took from^ts hidlng place, toe wretch and hung it on Harry's peek, his manlfe'st emoubd chccklngibe e^resSidb of the lad's astoblSbatSnU I •There is-mucb to tell you, Harry,' be afcid,* perhapsryou think I nave to ask your jorgiveness. rathejtb^n,you mine. Butjnv be stairs, hand, rince u^hton

I OWJpi 7~7'Vi

beart. is too full, for ft word till vera. X/^e US go down.'

afThadtSSre^

The figure* caught the hand which' had released ita hold as Ihe Word# were spor ken and kissed it. Thin, turning baok, aa if upon.a sudden impulse, the robber murmured something whlpb ooul not be underatood, and thrust iqto the cashiers baud a maas of chilly metal, Which his intuition rather than his touch recognK zed as Pcgleg Houghton's watch and 5bam.

t*&own -the

the mother fslingiiig toithe /bpy'*. 1 whjch«ho h«d. navw iseltaquishad her first, onibva^. ^oster JloUL took tho rftaMive blb1fe,'-asviras bis daily custom,and Wad tBO chapter upon which rested the mirlc^tt the1 mdrnlng before. but bis voice cnoked and bis eyot. filled agaiq wheu be came.tothe liqeSiJi ,i 'For this my son was dead and Is alive again hewas lb«t and is fourid.'

SilaSrJlxby galldped fhto Tlnbortugh two mlnutM lato for the owl train-, and -j the fugitive was too sharp ljO be caught by the detectives who w^re put on the watch for him by telegraphic^ ntowages.

In a few tours all JElmfteJd bad disoovered that HariisoVt Fry was missing, and Bad made tip «»thind that he was tha escaped cdntederatoint*ie burglary. The Blue River National Baqk„offared a 1 rewardbut hp nefdr'' fet been "roondi "The zealous constable found com pen•SliiODL for the loss of ono jpeiuonef iq, the discovery that the ,otber two. were a couple of tbe_most sklltful and' slippery of tho pietn^lTtan crac^n^ ^nown among ottuTr aliaaesUiOen'tleman Ortiv^and Toffty Ilen^' ««as Ittxbv'a tourase And diirwtiwi :received due feribSSfroip oonucl!,.press, and public 'during the trial that ensued the next month ln tbe drtnboronib ccmrt bbuse, and by some InflUence it waa»so mana-

rtbestand,

iXbatMrs, Houghton, was notcal led nor ww Fosler Hongbton closely qUesiionea fb regard to the manner In whfcift tb» tblHd rdbWsr' bad escaped from bia custody on the steps of tbe bank.

Harry Hougbton went to LaReOeorge that summer, starting a

parture of Grace Cbiwnbarfain, but this year tbey go together, and the pro- ..... Niagara jinx

gramme of the tour includes and CJwMHite -v

r^"

Hi'

day

after tbe de

•a -.j-t .i. ii *Jj

"i 3

Yo rmftbers whose children' ing—«w».f!tHtid baimy slumber secured lor tbe little one*, and coughs and colds rapidly banished by tbe use of Dr. Bull's OJUGB HYNIP.